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down the hatch

VERB
bottoms up
Synonyms


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But it turns out what was really unthinkable was Ferrell getting all 10 nuggets down the hatch before the Six Flags ride was over.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

“Breaking wind going up the hatch was okay. It was the people below you who suffered. But going down the hatch kept you in the cloud the whole way down.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2021

Diners at Koks tend not to be timid eaters; with rare exceptions, the mealworms go down the hatch.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 11, 2018

But as enormous as the B-52 is on the outside, once you fold down the hatch and clamber up the ladder into the dark interior, it is anything but spacious.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2015

As I watched him follow the smoldering sailor down the hatch, I had a terrible feeling.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan




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